{"id":50,"date":"2026-09-29T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Highlights Cities Ready for New Home Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It&#039;s hard to miss the shift in new home construction across the country: building permits are now 19.4% below where they were before the pandemic, and we&#039;ve seen a steady decline for the past 44 months. High construction costs, unpredictable mortgage rates, and real affordability challenges are making it tough for builders to meet demand\u2014especially given the 4.7 million housing unit deficit nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>For buyers and investors in Baltimore, this national slowdown shapes the local landscape in real ways. Whether you&#039;re a first-time homeowner, a seasoned investor, or exploring a new chapter here, it\u2019s important to understand how tighter supply and affordability pressures might impact your options. Having spent years walking clients through Baltimore\u2019s unique neighborhoods and market shifts, I know that finding the right fit takes more than just timing\u2014it takes local insight and honest conversation about what\u2019s really happening out there.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/map-shows-cities-facing-new-home-construction-slump-12447341\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#039;s hard to miss the shift in new home construction across the country: building permits are now 19.4% below where they were before the pandemic, and we&#039;ve seen a steady decline for the past 44 months. High construction costs, unpredictable mortgage rates, and real affordability challenges are making it tough for builders to meet demand\u2014especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":51,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimychavarria.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}